JavaScript Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - 2.33, by Herong Yang
JavaScript Version Supported by Browsers
This section describes the differences type='text/javascript' or language='JavaScript' attributes.
If you want to test which JavaScript version is supported by a Web browser, you can use the following script example:
<html> <!-- JavaScript_Version_Test.html Copyright (c) 20013 HerongYang.com. All Rights Reserved. --> <head> <title>JavaScript Version Test</title> <script type="text/javascript"> version = "Unknown"; </script> <script language="JavaScript1.1"> version = "JavaScript1.1"; </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2"> version = "JavaScript1.2"; </script> <script language="JavaScript1.3"> version = "JavaScript1.3"; </script> <script language="JavaScript1.4"> version = "JavaScript1.4"; </script> <script language="JavaScript1.5"> version = "JavaScript1.5"; </script> <script language="JavaScript1.6"> version = "JavaScript1.6"; </script> <script language="JavaScript1.7"> version = "JavaScript1.7"; </script> <script language="JavaScript1.8"> version = "JavaScript1.8"; </script> </head> <body> <p>Version supported: <script type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(version); </script> </p> </body> </html>
Here is my test result:
Google Chrome: JavaScript1.7 Apple Safari: JavaScript1.7 Mozilla Firefox: JavaScript1.5 Internet Explorer 11: JavaScript1.3
Table of Contents
ECMAScript Language Specification and JavaScript Dialects
Data Types, Variables and Expressions
Creating, Accessing, and Manipulating Arrays
Defining and Calling Functions
►Web Browser Supporting JavaScript
JavaScript Support in Web Browsers
Including JavaScript Codes with HTML "script" Tags
type="text/javascript" or language="JavaScript"
►JavaScript Version Supported by Browsers
Including 'script' Tags in String Literals
Escaping 'script' Tags in String Literals
Using HTML Entities to Protect HTML Tags
Including JavaScript Codes as External Files
DOM API - The "document" Object
DOM API - The "window.open" Method
'javascript:' Pseudo-URL Addresses
JavaScript Console in Google Chrome
JavaScript Console in Mozilla Firefox
JavaScript Console in Apple Safari
JavaScript Console in IE (Internet Explorer)
Server-Side and Client-Side Web Scripting
Defining Your Own Object Types
Inheritance of Properties and Methods through the Prototype Object Chain
'jrunscript' - JavaScript Shell Command from JDK
Using Functions as "Function" Objects
Introduction to Built-in Object Types
W3C's Document Object Model (DOM) Specifications